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Pat: What is your recommendation on DragonWave? Thanks.

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DragonWave Inc., $12.91, symbol DWI on Toronto (Shares outstanding: 36.1million; Market cap: $466.5 million), makes equipment that wirelessly transmits broadband voice, video and other data. This lets customers send and receive data in locations that fibre-optic telecommunication networks have not yet reached. DragonWave first sold shares to the public for $3.95 each, and began trading in April 2007. In the three months ended November 30, 2009, DragonWave’s revenue jumped to a record $55.8 million from $10.7 million a year earlier. The company earned $12.6 million, or $0.39 a share, compared to a loss of $221,000, or $0.01 a share, a year earlier. DragonWave spends around 10% of its revenue on research. As of November 30, it held cash of $104 million, or $2.88 a share, and had no debt. The company gets around 60% of its revenue from U.S.-based Clearwire Corp. (symbol CLWR on Nasdaq). This dependence adds risk. But wireless broadband provider Clearwire, which has a market cap of…